(Ebook) The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest Running Political Melodrama. by R. Allan Freeze, Jay H. Lehr ISBN 9780470448335, 0470448334

(Ebook) The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest Running Political Melodrama. by R. Allan Freeze, Jay H. Lehr ISBN 9780470448335, 0470448334

A lively account of fluoridation and its discontents Since its first implementation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945, public drinking water fluoridation and its attendant conflicts, controversies, and conspiracy theories serve as an object lesson in American science, public health, and policymaking. In addition to the arguments on the issue still raging today, the tale of fluoridation and its discontents also resonates with such present concerns as genetically modified foods, global warming response, nuclear power, and environmental regulation. Offering the best current thinking on the issue, The Fluoride Wars presents a witty and detailed social history of the fluoridation debate in America, illuminating the intersection of science and politics in our recent past. This reader-friendly assessment explores the pro- and anti-fluoridation movements, key players, and important events. Full of amusing and vivid anecdotes and examples, this accessible recounting includes: A careful and non-condescending look at the hard science, popular science, pseudo-science, and junk science involved A look at fluoride issues including dosage, cost, financial and funding interests, fluorosis, and problems of risk-cost-benefit analysis The back-and-forth drama between pro- an.